Start Here: How I Design Match-Ready Tennis Practices

This page shows you how my coaching changed — and how I now design practices that actually transfer to matches.

I’m Steve Whelan.

After 20+ years of coaching, I realised most of what I’d been taught didn’t prepare players for matches.

Everything you see here comes from rebuilding my coaching around how players actually learn…….not how drills look.

Here’s What You’ll Discover on This Site

Articles, videos, and podcasts showing why most sessions fail to transfer — and what to do instead.

A simple structure for designing practices that adapt to players — without scripting movements.

Short courses that help you design better environments, not just better instructions.

Ongoing support for coaches who want clarity, confidence, and better session design — week to week.

These explain the shift in my coaching — and why drills stopped working for me.

Join the Coaching Evolution

Practical tools, fresh ideas, and real solutions for busy tennis coaches who want to do less, and coach better